Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Recognition to the Sun

Psalm 84:11
Whenever I pray, I generally thank God for the goodness He has placed into my life, and I pray for things to stay good and I guess “comfortable” you could say. But what have I done to truly earn or be entitled to a good life? Am I truly living with God right in front of me as my shield, protecting me the whole way as I march on through serious risks and heavy times for the sake of bringing others towards His light I’m walking in, or do I just sit back and wait for the good times to start rolling, with no thought or regard to why I even deserve them to at all? Am I truly doing what is right in His eyes as a Christ follower?  I guess you could say I am, by atleast trying to be a nice person and remain peaceful towards others. But am I truly doing the right thing when an opportunity comes up to love someone as God has loved me and help them out? Am I truly working to bring them to Christ, or am I trying to just be comfortable and nice, just getting the job done and walking away? Sometimes that can be good…. but why would I need Christ as a shield unless I were going into some heavy territory and areas in people’s lives in order to bring them closer to Him? I think in the end, taking those risks and diving in somewhere, even when it’s uncomfortable, can be what the right thing truly is. Showing others God’s love, His light and having that one or even many conversations with them could be a little frightening, but maybe that could be a reason why we will receive His goodness, even when we truly don’t deserve it… Because we were willing to risk our own heart and time out of our lives to save someone else’s as they step towards Christ. He’s not going to leave us on our own to do this, because like He said, He is our sun AND our shield. He’s not going to let us go out on the battlefield alone, or even just on a walk down the road or in a grocery store with a friend alone. He’s going to be with us every step of the way, protecting us and helping push us forward. He wants be the sun to not only us, but to everyone. So they are not blissfully unaware looking down at their shadow on the ground. He instead wants them to be squinting and looking up towards the sun, aware of its role in their lives, thinking about why their shadow is even being put there in the first place, and how much they need that light and goodness God gives to them as well.

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